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Shibusashirazu Orchestra   05/18/2002

Freizeitpark, Moers, Germany
Source DFM > DAT
Media SHN   1 disc
Notes Shibusashirazu Orchestra, which is at the forefront of contemporary jazz, was formed by bassist Daisuke Fuwa in 1989 as a free jazz orchestra.

The orchestra is, so to speak, a multimedia jazz performance group consisting of over twenty musicians, including many well known Japanese performers such as Hiroaki Katayama (ts) and Takeshi Shibuya (p), as well as Butoh dancers, modern dancers, theater actors, and artists.

All of the works played by Shibusashirazu Orchestra are Japanese jazz works composed or arranged by Daisuke Fuwa. The orchestra gives exciting stage performances, with its dynamic sound and lively dancing and acting. Large moving objects made by stage artists make the audiences even more enthusiastic. (A twenty-meter-long dragon danced in the air over the audience in their 1998 European tour.)

It can be said that Shibusashirazu Orchestra is not only a jazz orchestra but also a group that brings together various aspects of contemporary Japanese culture. Some of its performances show the course of Japanese music from the Middle Ages to the present, as the group includes musicians playing traditional Japanese instruments such as shamisen, shakuhachi, and ryuteki (a bamboo flute).

Chitei Records (Japan) just issued the latest record of Tokyos one and only Shibusashirazu Orchestra. Some of you may know this fantatic collective of up to 50 musicians, dancers and acrobats with their live acts of for hours and more. Their newest record entitled 'Shibuboshi' was recorded during the Arkestras stay last summer in Japan. For tracks feature Marshall Allen, Michael Ray and Elson Nascimento.

Shibusashirazu Orchestra
Daisuke Fuwa (1, 2, 4-: conductor
Hiroaki Katayama (1, 2, 4-: tenor sax
Tetsu Hirosawa (1, 5, 7, : tenor sax
Yoichiro Yoshida (1, 2, 4-: tenor sax
Kunihiro Izumi (1, 4-: alto sax
Keiko Komori (1, 2, 4-: alto sax
Hideki Tachibana (1, 2, 4-: alto sax
Arata Suzuki (1, 5, 6): soprano sax
Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi (1, 5, 6): baritone sax, harmonica
Akira Kito (1, 2, 5, 6): baritone sax
Yoichiro Kita (1, 2, 4-: trumpet
Mitsuhide Tatsumi (1, 2, 4-: trumpet
Daisuke Takaoka (1, 2, 4-: tuba
Walti Bucheli (2, 4, 5, : pan flute
Aya Murodate (1, 2, 4-: flute, vibraphone, vocal
Keisuke Ota (1, 2, 4-: violinYuji Katsui (1, 5-7): violin
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (1, 4, 5, 7, : guitar
Hiroyuki Otsuka (1, 2, 5, 6): guitar
Takayuki Kato (1, 3-5, 7, : guitar
Sachiko Nakajima (1, 2, 5, 6): keyboards
Hiroshi Higo (1, 2, 4-: bass
Nobuyoshi Ino (1, 4, 5, 7, : contrabass
Kumiko Takara (1): vibraphone
Tsunoken (1, 4, 5, 7, : drums
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (2, 5, 6): drums, percussion
Mari Sekine (1, 4-: percussion
Aki Ono (5): conga
Ayako Sasaki (6): vocal
Tech Notes ALL
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A
Reference / Generation 0004665187
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